[Bohunck]

Thanks Bear,

I like to keep things simple. This is exactly what some of us might need. Even if one of these start out that way, people tend to add their own bells and whistles. For me, this will be a great starting point. Thanks again.

[Bear Mtn.]

You are all welcome If anyone comes up with good additions to my basic record-keeping sheets then please do re-post them on here...

[atto]

I have a good spreadsheet that I've used and improved for a while that allows you to keep track of scaleouts, add-ins, etc., and calculates pts profit, $ profit, and so on based on entry/exit prices. I've given it to a few people to play around with and test, and will post it when I'm certain enough that it's bug free.

[Bear Mtn.]

Originally Posted by atto »

scaleouts, add-ins, etc., and calculates pts profit, $ profit, and so on based on entry/exit prices.

Really interested to see this Atto as finding a way to accurately represent multi-entry/exit trades has been one thing I've struggled with. I now do this fairly manually which I think gives me an accurate way to benchmark these against simpler trades.. but like I say, look forward to seeing your setup or hearing how you handle these?

[atto]

Yeah, that was the hardest logically, but I really wanted it to work that way. Still trading now, and I need to fix a couple things, then I'll post it.

Here's how the trade journal section looks (and you might get an idea how I managed scaleouts and adds):

The data entered is Date/Time, Instrument (entered or selected from a menu that's easy to set up), size, and price. The rest is calculated: position (showing the total position on that instrument) and profit (in pts and $, taking into account the average entry price). Cumulative profit, Drawdown, and some other stats are also kept track of.

[Bear Mtn.]

Looks like a good layout Atto - your cumulative approach is slightly different from how I approached things so v.interesting. Look forward to seeing more.

Thanks for sharing

BM

[thetatrader]

Very nice atto. I am still playing around with bears. thanks again bear and thanks atto.

[Lidera]

Thank you for posting the template. It is just what I needed to begin properly.